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15->''"Love is not love\
16Which alters when it alteration finds,\
17Or bends with the remover to remove:\
18O no! it is an ever-fixed mark\
19That looks on tempests and is never shaken"''
20--> -- '''Creator/WilliamShakespeare''', "Sonnet 116"
21
22Ah, love. One of the fundamental forces of [[RuleOfDrama drama]], and a key component in SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments. [[TheFourLoves Love comes in many forms]], but this index lists virtually all {{tropes}} concerning the most recognizable form, romantic love. For tropes about familial love and platonic love, see FamilyTropes and FriendshipTropes, respectively. For the unconditional love felt for everyone, see AllLovingHero.
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24Compare RomanceNovel, AdmirationTropes, KissingTropes. Contrast HatredTropes... [[BelligerentSexualTension usually]].
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26!!Tropes:
27[[index]]
28[[foldercontrol]]
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30[[folder:'''Related indexes and subcategories''']]
31[[AC:Love in general (including non-romantic love)]]
32+ FamilyTropes: Tropes about the affection and bonds between people who are related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption.
33+ FriendshipTropes: Tropes about the affection and bonds between people who just simply enjoy each other's company.
34+ HugTropes: Embracement is a common way for any people who really care about each other to show affection, regardless of whatever type of interpersonal relationship they have.
35+ KissingTropes: While kissing usually has a romantic context, it can also be done between family or even friends.
36+ ReunionTropes: When two or more people who were close to each other meet again after being separated for a while.
37+ ThisIndexBrokeUp: When two or more people who were close to each other have a falling out.
38++ ReconciliationTropes: But then they make up with each other and reunite.
39+ ThisIndexIsNotMyGirlfriend: Are these two people in a platonic or romantic relationship? It's hard to tell.
40\
41[[AC:Romantic love and sexual lust]]
42+ AttractionTropes: Tropes about physical attraction between people, be it mutual or one-sided.
43+ DatingTropes: Tropes about activities between unmarried lovers.
44+ DysfunctionalRomanceIndex: Tropes about "love" gone horribly wrong.
45++ TheExIndex: Tropes about ex-lovers and former spouses, and why they split in the first place.
46++ InfidelityIndex: Tropes about adultery and infidelity, or the act of cheating on one's (monogamous) partner by secretly engaging in a romantic/sexual affair with another person.
47+ FlirtingAndCourtship: Ways of expressing romantic or sexual attraction to another person.
48+ ForbiddenLove: When a pair of lovers are kept separated from each other due to familial or social pressures.
49+ IndexOfRomanticCouples: Types of lover duos.
50+ InterracialAndInterspeciesLoveIndex: Love and sex between two people from (very) different backgrounds.
51+ LoveInterests: A classic character archetype of people who are meant to fall in love with the protagonist.
52+ LoveIsACrapshoot: Love can be good, but it can also go bad, or complicate things.
53+ MarriageTropes: Tropes about the legal union of spouses.
54++ WeddingAndEngagementTropes: Tropes about ritual ceremonies that initiate marriage.
55+ QueerAsTropes: Tropes about non-heterosexual romance.
56+ RomanceArc: An arc of two characters becoming lovers.
57+ RomanceNovelTropes: Tropes common to romance novels.
58++ RomanceNovelPlots: Common plots in romance novels.
59+ RomanticResolutions: Common endings to love stories.
60+ RuleOfRomantic: Unrealistic stuff is fine, so long as it's romantic.
61+ SexTropes: Tropes about sexual lust, which is closely related to (but not quite the same thing as) romantic love.
62+ ShippingTropes: Some fans are really rooting for their preferred pair of characters to fall in love with each other.
63+ TheSinglesIndex: Tropes about individuals without romantic partners.
64+ UnrequitedLoveTropes: Tropes about unreciprocated affection or attraction to another person.
65[[/folder]]
66
67[[folder:Tropes (A-G)]]
68* AbductionIsLove: Kidnapping your LoveInterest guarantees they'll fall in love with you.
69* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: You're about to confess your love for somebody, but then decide not to.
70* AccidentalAdultery: Cheating on your lover/spouse by mistake, e.g. [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated thinking they were dead]] when they were actually alive.
71* AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: A moment that has one character confess his feelings to another by accident.
72* AccidentalHandHold: ShipTease moment where two characters end up locking hands with each other when they reach for the same item.
73* ActOfTrueLove: An action done to prove one's love for another.
74* ActionGirlfriend: Badass girlfriend.
75* AdaptationalSexuality: A character's sexual orientation is changed in an adaptation of a story.
76* AdrenalineMakeover: The heat of adventure turns a frumpy, uncool character into TheHero's attractive LoveInterest.
77* AfterActionPatchUp: ShipTease moment where a character gets their wounds patched up by their LoveInterest.
78* AgentsDating: Secret agents fall in love.
79* AgeGapAlgebra: Calculating age difference between partners in order to determine compatibility.
80* AgeGapRomance: Romance where one partner is notably older or younger than the other.
81* AirplaneOfLove: An airplane takes off to symbolize unrequited love.
82* AllAmazonsWantHercules: A strong, tough woman falls in love with a man who is stronger than or just as strong as her.
83* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Homosexual men are depicted as being incapable of committing themselves to one partner.
84* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Girls fall for guys who are moody or outright criminal.
85* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Guys tend to fall in love with cheerleaders.
86* AllGuysWantSororityWomen: Much like cheerleaders, men tend to fall for women in sororities.
87* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Romantic affections are not returned.
88* AllLovingHero: A heroic character who has unlimited love and compassion for others.
89* AllergicToLove: Love makes you feel sick.
90* AlmostKiss: Two characters come close to kissing.
91* AloneAmongTheCouples: One character is single while everyone else around them is in a relationship.
92* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Saving your LoveInterest before anyone else.
93* AmIJustAToyToYou: Person A confronts Person B about how serious their relationship is.
94* AmazonChaser: A guy who falls in love with tough girls.
95* AmicableExes: Former lovers who have remained on good terms with each other.
96* AmnesiacLover: The protagonist's LoveInterest gets amnesia and can't remember their own lover.
97* AnchoredShip: A potential romantic pairing that's been put on hold.
98* AngelDevilShipping: Romance between a heroic, sweet-natured character and a darker, more devilish character.
99* AngerBornOfWorry: When you love someone, you get angry at them for endangering themselves.
100* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Confessing your love for somebody during a moment of angst.
101* AnimalSweetOnObject: An animal has a crush on an inanimate object.
102* AntiLoveSong: A not so sweet song about love.
103* ArtistsAreAttractive: Many folks can't help but fall for a poet, painter, musician, etc.
104* AttractiveZombie: Even the undead find love.
105* AttractivenessIsolation: A conventionally attractive person has trouble finding love due to people being scared to talk to them.
106* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: No matter how much they fight, they really do care about each other very much.
107* BalancedHarem: A HaremGenre story where each haremette is given equal screentime and a shot at being with the lead.
108* BalconyWooingScene: A lover courts his maiden from below her window or balcony.
109* BattleCouple: Lovers who kick ass together.
110* BeachKiss: A couple share a passionate kiss on the beach.
111* TheBeard: A character who pretends to be someone's lover to hide someone's sexuality.
112* BeastAndBeauty: A couple involving a beautiful girl and a monstrous man (literal or not).
113* BeautifulDreamer: Lovingly watching your lover sleep.
114* BecomingTheMask: TheMole genuinely comes to fall in love with the person they were stringing along.
115* BelatedLoveEpiphany: Realizing that you love someone when they're no longer there with you.
116* BelligerentSexualTension: Two people are in love, but they mask their feelings behind arguments.
117* BestHerToBedHer: A man must defeat a strong woman in combat if he wishes to romance her.
118* TheBet: Love is involved in a wager.
119* BetaCouple: A secondary couple who acts as the more stable foil to the main couple.
120* BetterAsFriends: Two people were in love for a while, but then decided it was better that they were JustFriends.
121* BetterPartnerAssertion: Someone tries to convince the person they love that they would be a better lover than their romantic rival.
122* BettyAndVeronica: A love triangle where the lead's prospective {{Love Interest}}s are the sweet, reliable GirlNextDoor and the more daring, sultry MsFanservice.
123* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: One couple are SickeningSweethearts while another is very argumentative.
124* TheBigDamnKiss: A grandiose kiss scene.
125* BirdsOfAFeather: A couple share similarities with each other.
126* BiteOfAffection: Love for somebody is shown through the form of biting them.
127* BiWildered: Confusion about one's own or another's bisexuality.
128* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Relationships between black women and white men tend to be stigmatized.
129* BlindDate: Going on a date with someone you never met.
130* BodyguardCrush: Falling in love with somebody hired to protect you or vice versa.
131* BoyMeetsGhoul: Romance between the living and the undead.
132* BoyMeetsGirl: A boy and a girl meet, lose each other, then find each other again.
133* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: You must break up with your lover in order to protect them.
134* BreakUpBonfire: Things that remind you of your former lover are thrown into a fire.
135* BreakfastInBed: Showing appreciation and affection for another by preparing them a meal served upon their waking in bed.
136* BridalCarry: A character carries his LoveInterest in his arms and/or vice versa.
137* BromanticFoil: The romantic male lead's foil who's unlucky in love.
138* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: A moody bad boy and a sweet, kind girl fall in love.
139* BrotherSisterIncest: Romance between siblings.
140* BusinessTripAdultery: Using a business trip (one's own or another's) to have an affair.
141* CannotTalkToWomen: A guy who has trouble talking to girls.
142* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Refusing to do anything lewd when in the presence of the one you love.
143* CantHaveSexEver: You and your lover can't have sex or something bad will happen.
144* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: When you prefer to be alone but find yourself oddly attached to another.
145* CantTieHisTie: A man allows a woman (who he may or may not be romantic with yet) to tie his tie, showing their closeness.
146* CaptiveDate: Being forced to go on a date against your will.
147* CardiovascularLove: Hearts always represent love.
148* CareBearStare: ThePowerOfLove literally weaponized.
149* CartwrightCurse: TheHero's lovers tend to die once involved with him/her.
150* CasualKink: BDSM and other fetishes are seen as normal expressions of love.
151* CaughtInTheRain: ShipTease moment where a couple seek shelter from the rain and they get intimate with each other as a result.
152* CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: ShipTease moment where one partner grabs the other partner's arm/sleeve.
153* CelibateHero: TheHero who understands romantic love, yet forgoes it.
154* ChangingYourselfForLove: Changing your image to impress a love interest.
155* ChastityCouple: They're in love, but they're not physically intimate with each other.
156* CherryBlossoms: Japanese cherry blossoms are used to symbolize love and romance.
157* ChicAndAwe: One character assumes that another will be unattractive, but, upon seeing them in person for the first time, discovers that they're incredibly good-looking.
158* ChildOfForbiddenLove: The child from a [[ForbiddenLove forbidden relationship]].
159* ChildhoodFriendRomance: People who have been friends since childhood get a RelationshipUpgrade.
160* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: ChildhoodFriends promise to get married when they grow up.
161* ChocolateOfRomance: Chocolate makes a good gift for your lover.
162* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: A supernatural being falls in love with a regular person and "claims" them with some sort of "mark".
163* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: When the lead hooks up with their OneTrueLove, their other suitors are, often out of nowhere, paired off with other characters.
164* ClingyJealousGirl: She tends to be very possessive of her LoveInterest.
165* ClosetKey: A character who makes a person realize that they're actually gay/bi, often they end up hooking up with that character in return.
166* CluelessChickMagnet: This guy has no clue how popular he is with the ladies.
167* CockFight: Two guys fight for the affections of a girl.
168* ComfortingComforter: ShipTease moment where someone covers their LoveInterest with a blanket when they start to get cold.
169* ComingOfAgeQueerRomance: A character realizes they are queer and falls for (and ends up in a relationship with) another queer character.
170* CommitmentIssues: Fear of settling down with a LoveInterest.
171* CommonLawMarriage: A couple live together for a very long time but aren't married.
172* CompetingWithACorpse: A LoveTriangle where one party is already dead.
173* ConcertClimax: A GrandRomanticGesture occurs at a climatic event.
174* ConfessionTriggersConsummation: The first confession of love between two characters immediately leads to sex.
175* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: ShipTease moment where a character talks to their LoveInterest while they're unconscious, often in a very angsty way.
176* ConvertingForLove: Converting to a religion to be with your lover.
177* CoupledCouples: Two couples who are good friends.
178* CourtlyLove: Medieval style romance where characters love each other from afar.
179* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInTheBed: A character is eccentric or outright insane, which makes them more appealing in the romantic and sexual sense.
180* CrazyJealousGuy: He can't stand seeing his LoveInterest be with anyone else.
181* CriminallyAttractive: A criminal falls in love with either their victim or an official who would normally bring them into custody.
182* CrushBlush: Love causes you to blush.
183* CrushFilter: Someone's crush is shown in a beautiful, ethereal light from their perspective.
184* CryIntoChest: A ShipTease moment where one partner cries into the other partner's chest.
185* CuckoldHorns: A pair of horns used to show that a man's lover has been unfaithful.
186* CupidsArrow: Falling in love personified by the love god, Cupid.
187* DanceOfRomance: A couple dances together.
188* DatingCatwoman: Enemies who are also lovers.
189* DatingDoSiDo: Characters in a long-running show all date each other at some point.
190* DeadSparks: They were once in love, but the romance died out a long time ago.
191* ADeadlyAffair: When an affair turns into a crime scene. [[AnyoneCanDie Victim(s) can vary.]]
192* DearJohnLetter: A romantic relationship is broken off through mail.
193* DeathAndTheMaiden: A personification of death falls in love with a woman.
194* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: A love triangle is resolved when one of the prospective {{Love Interest}}s dies.
195* DecemberDecemberRomance: Elders in love.
196* DeclarationOfProtection: Making a vow to protect the one you love.
197* DeconfirmedBachelor: He vowed to never be in a relationship, but then he met "her".
198* DefenestrateAndBerate: Throwing out or destroying your ex-lover's belongings.
199* DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest: A character is DemotedToExtra once they hook up with TheHero.
200* DerailingLoveInterests: Getting the OfficialCouple together by making the RomanticFalseLead look bad.
201* DestructiveRomance: A deeply unhappy and dysfunctional romantic relationship (sometimes to the point of being abusive).
202* DestructoNookie: Lovers have sex so rough, stuff gets wrecked.
203* DevotedToYou: A character who inspires obsessive devotion in those around them.
204* DidNotGetTheGirl: TheHero doesn't win their LoveInterest.
205* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Romance between a human and an EldritchAbomination.
206* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Despite still loving each other, breaking up because you know you will be unhappy together.
207* DiscountLesbians: Nonhuman characters used to represent a homosexual relationship.
208* DismissingACompliment: A character (often a {{Tsundere}} or an InsecureLoveInterest) doesn't believe something nice their LoveInterest tells them.
209* DisposableFiance: A RomanticFalseLead character whose role is to get dumped by the lead.
210* DivineDate: Romance between a mortal and a god.
211* DivorceRequiresDeath: Wanting to leave your spouse means one of you will have to die.
212* DontYouDarePityMe: A ShipTease moment where one partner tries to comfort the other, only to be turned away.
213* DowntimeDowngrade: Two characters hook up at the end of the story, only to have broken up by the sequel.
214* DrowningOurRomanticSorrows: Romantic rivals get drunk together.
215* DuetBonding: Two people fall in love when they play music together.
216* TheDulcineaEffect: A character falls for someone and instantly wants to protect them with their life.
217* DumpThemAll: The lead chooses not to be with any of their prospective {{Love Interest}}s.
218* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Confessing your love for somebody when you're dying.
219* EatingTheEyeCandy: Eyeing up your LoveInterest's gorgeous body.
220* ElectricLove: Love represented by literal sparks.
221* EliteManCourtesanRomance: Romance between a sex worker and a person of high class.
222* EnterStageWindow: A character visits their LoveInterest via climbing through their window.
223* EternalLove: Immortal lovers who have been together for eons.
224* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Villains are humanized by being loved, especially from a heroic character.
225* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Bad guys love someone, romantically or not.
226* EveryoneCanSeeIt: It's obvious that these two are meant to be together, if only they themselves saw it.
227* EveryoneMustBePaired: The work insists that every single character must end up with a LoveInterest.
228* ExiledToTheCouch: When a couple fight, one partner is forced to sleep away from the bed.
229* FakeOutMakeOut: ShipTease moment where two characters kiss each other as a way to distract someone.
230* FakeRelationship: Pretending to be in a romantic relationship.
231* FallenCupid: Cupid turned evil!
232* FallingInLoveMontage: A couple is shown spending time together as they fall in love.
233* FalseSoulmate: This person seemed perfect for you at first, but they later turn out to be a mismatch.
234* FalseStart: Something prevents a long-awaited love confession from happening.
235* FanPreferredCouple: The audience supports this couple more than the OfficialCouple.
236* FantasticRomance: A romance only possible in speculative fiction.
237* FatalAttractor: This character always seems to fall in love with evil/mentally unstable people.
238* FateDrivesUsTogether: If two people keep encountering each other, it means they're meant to be together.
239* FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: A child expresses an innocent desire to marry a family member, oblivious to the incestuous context.
240* FauxInterracialRelationship: They initially seem like a biracial couple, but then they turn out to actually be of the same race.
241* FerrisWheelDateMoment: A couple has a romantic moment on a Ferris wheel.
242* FidelityTest: Testing your lover to see just how faithful they are to you.
243* FinishingEachOthersSentences: People who are so in love know what their partner is gonna say before they do.
244* FireAndIceLoveTriangle: A love triangle where the lead's two LoveInterest choices make up a RedOniBlueOni duo.
245* FireworksOfLove: Fireworks that go off when a couple is kissing, having sex, or otherwise having an intimate moment.
246* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Being unable to love again due to emotional wounds from a previous relationship.
247* FirstGirlAfterAll: She knew the lead long before they met their other prospective {{Love Interest}}s and therefore hooks up with them.
248* FirstGirlWins: The lead hooks up with the first person they meet in the story.
249* FirstLove: The first person that you've ever fallen in love with.
250* FlamesOfLove: Fire represents the passion in a relationship.
251* FlightOfRomance: Flying with your LoveInterest makes for a good romantic moment.
252* FlirtingUnderFire: The BattleCouple flirt while in the middle of combat.
253* FlirtyStepsiblings: Teenage stepsiblings tend to have romantic subtext with each other.
254* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: A doctor/nurse falls in love with the person under their care.
255* FlowersOfRomance: Flowers are a great gift for your lover.
256* FoeCooties: Wanting nothing to do with your LoveInterest upon knowing they were once involved with your enemy.
257* FoolForLove: TheCynic or KnightInSourArmor falls in love despite emotional wounds from past love relationships.
258* ForbiddenLove: Romantic relationships which are considered taboo.
259* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Forgetting that you first met your LoveInterest long ago.
260* ForeverFling: A short-lived, youthful, passionate romance is the yardstick by which all the couple's subsequent romances are measured and fail.
261* TheFourLoves: Romance is not the only form of love there is.
262* FreeLoveFuture: In the future, everyone has sex with whoever they want without committing to each other.
263* FriendVersusLover: A character is fought over by their LoveInterest and best friend.
264* FriendlyWar: Fighting done out of love rather than malice.
265* FriendsWithBenefits: Two people who have sex with each other in a non-romantic relationship without falling in love.
266* FriendshipOnTheSet: Actors become good friends while working on a production together.
267* FromRoommatesToRomance: Love blossoms between two people who live together as a result of their close contact.
268* GardenOfLove: Gardens as a setting for love to take root, grow, and blossom.
269* GaussianGirl: A visual effect where the (usually female) LoveInterest is given a blurry, ethereal look.
270* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: A gay male is in love with the star quarterback of the school.
271* GayOption: A dating game gives you the option to hook up with someone of the same sex.
272* GenderBenderFriendship: Character befriends their LoveInterest while masquerading as the opposite sex.
273* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: A woman's two choices for a LoveInterest are the polite NiceGuy and the dangerous, more thrilling bad boy.
274* GhostShipping: Fans pair a living character with one who is dead.
275* GibberishOfLove: Being unable to speak in complete sentences when around your LoveInterest.
276* AGirlInEveryPort: Having love/sex affairs while traveling.
277* GirlOfMyDreams: First encountering your LoveInterest in your dreams.
278* GiveGeeksAChance: Nerds are given a chance at love.
279* TheGlomp: Tackling and hugging your LoveInterest tightly.
280* GodCouple: Divine beings in love.
281* GrandRomanticGesture: A big, elaborate event done for someone to show your love for them.
282* GreenEyedEpiphany: Realizing you love someone when seeing them with someone else upsets you.
283* GrowOldWithMe: Lovers stay together to old age.
284[[/folder]]
285
286[[folder:Tropes (H-M)]]
287* HairMemento: A character cutting a piece of their hair and giving it away to someone they love (this can be any kind of love).
288* HandsOnApproach: ShipTease moment where someone gets really close to their LoveInterest while teaching them how to use something.
289* HandsPlayInTheater: Putting your arm around your LoveInterest while you two are at the movies.
290* HappilyMarried: A married couple who are happy together.
291* HappinessInSlavery: Being happy to serve somebody because you love them.
292* HaremGenre: A story where the lead is given multiple choices for a LoveInterest.
293* HaremSeeker: A character who seeks to gain multiple lovers.
294* HeadbuttOfLove: Lovers press their foreheads together.
295* HeadbuttThermometer: ShipTease moment where a character checks their LoveInterest's temperature by pressing their forehead against theirs.
296* HeartBeatDown: Using the HeartSymbol, the quintessential symbol of love, as a weapon.
297* HeartIsWhereTheHomeIs: Turning down a foreign LoveInterest in favor of a local lover.
298* HeartbrokenBadass: A badass who lost the love of their life.
299* HeldGaze: Lovers look deeply into each other's eyes.
300* HerBoyfriendsJacket: Character wears an article of their significant other's clothing.
301* HerHeartWillGoOn: They die, but their lover stays strong.
302* HerosSlaveHarem: A hero has multiple slaves that are in love with them.
303* HighSchoolSweethearts: They've been together since they were teenagers.
304* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: The love or relationship of two historical characters is portrayed differently to how it was in RealLife.
305* HoldingHands: A classic romantic gesture is lovers locking hands with each other.
306* HollywoodKiss: When couples kiss in fiction, it's always perfect.
307* HomeSweetHome: Staying home to settle down with your LoveInterest after a long adventure.
308* HookedUpAfterwards: At the end of the story, two characters are shown to have started dating.
309* HopelessSuitor: One who has no chance of winning someone's love.
310* HornySailors: Everyone at sea is lustful, all the time.
311* HowDadMetMom: Come around, kids, this is the story of how your father and I fell in love.
312* HugeGuyTinyGirl: A couple where the man towers over the woman.
313* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Someone who [[BelligerentSexualTension regularly antagonizes their significant other]] gets enraged if someone else wrongs them.
314* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: A character is surprised to learn that their crush actually loves them back.
315* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Unintentionally making someone fall in love with you.
316* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Two people who are good friends refuse to get romantically involved with each other on the grounds that their friendship would go south.
317* IGotYouADrawer: Two characters are signaled to be getting a RelationshipUpgrade when one partner gives the other partner a space in their home to put their stuff.
318* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: TheCasanova falls in love with someone who rejects their advances.
319* TheILoveYouStigma: Using the word "love" around your significant other too soon can cause them discomfort.
320* ILoveYouVampireSon: A vampire turns their lover into a vampire so the two of them can have EternalLove together.
321* IUhYouToo: A character fumbles their words when they try to say "I love you" to their LoveInterest.
322* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Being willing to let your unrequited crush go be with the one they love.
323* IfICantHaveYou: Killing someone because they won't return your love.
324* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Characters are mistakenly assumed to be involved in a love triangle.
325* ImaginedInnuendo: A character's dialogue is misinterpreted as a DoubleEntendre by another.
326* ImpliedLoveInterest: This character has vaguely romantic subtext with TheHero.
327* IncestStandardsAreRelative: A romantic relationship is seen as incestuous due to different culture norms.
328* InLoveWithLove: Being more enamored by the idea of being in a relationship than actually loving someone.
329* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: TheHero loves a dangerous man's girlfriend.
330* InLoveWithTheMark: A ProfessionalKiller falls in love with the target they're supposed to kill.
331* InLoveWithYourCarnage: A villainous or morally ambiguous character falls for someone because of their violent tendencies.
332* IncompatibleOrientation: Two people can't be together because of their differing sexualities.
333* InconvenientAttraction: A character falls in love when they'd rather not.
334* IndirectKiss: Two people share the same bite or drink as if they're kissing.
335* InsecureLoveInterest: A character who believes themself to be unworthy of their LoveInterest.
336* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Character tries to confess their love for somebody but is interrupted.
337* InterruptedIntimacy: Someone walks in on a couple having some "alone time".
338* InterspeciesRomance: Romance between beings of different species.
339* IntertwinedFingers: Two people lock fingers with each other, showing that they're in love.
340* IntimateArtistry: An artist paints a picture of the one they love.
341* IntimateLotionApplication: Applying lotion on another character as a way to create sexual tension, romantic intimacy, awkwardness, or humor.
342* ItDoesntMeanAnything: Characters who are JustFriends do something intimate with each other and then insist that it was nothing.
343* ItsNotYouItsMe: Breaking off a relationship due to feeling unworthy of your LoveInterest.
344* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Being with your lover puts them in harm's way.
345* TheJailBaitWait: Waiting for your underage LoveInterest to grow up so you can properly be with them.
346* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: A character's sexual preferences change when they undergo a GenderBender.
347* JustFriends: Two people consider themselves to be only good friends rather than lovers.
348* KissedKeepsake: Not wanting to wash a part of your body that was kissed by your crush.
349* KissingCousins: Romance between cousins.
350* KissingInATree: Childishly mocking people who are in a relationship or seem to be in a relationship.
351* LaceratingLoveLanguage: Expressing your affection through physical violence.
352* LadyAndKnight: The brave, chivalrous knight defends and falls in love with the fair lady.
353* LadykillerInLove: TheCasanova who genuinely falls in love.
354* TheLadysFavour: A woman gives her LoveInterest an item of hers before he goes off into battle.
355* LanguageOfLove: A couple where one partner speaks a different language than the other.
356* LapPillow: ShipTease moment where a character rests their head on their LoveInterest's lap.
357* LastConfessionWins: In a HaremGenre story, the last girl to reveal that she loves the lead is who wins him.
358* LastGirlWins: The lead hooks up with the last person they meet in the story.
359* LastHetRomance: A character realizes that they're gay after a failed heterosexual relationship.
360* LastMinuteHookup: Two characters don't become an OfficialCouple until the end of the story.
361* LaughOfLove: The tendency to laugh when in the presence of your LoveInterest.
362* LaundromatLiaisons: Two characters meet at a laundromat and eventually hook up.
363* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: Leaving a room so two lovers can have some alone time.
364* LeavingYouToFindMyself: Character breaks off a love relationship to go do some soul searching.
365* LetsDuet: Lovers sing a song together.
366* LetsJustBeFriends: Characters break up, but decide to remain friends because they still care about each other.
367* LetsWaitAWhile: A couple waits to have sex until the time is right.
368* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: Romance and sex give you power ups.
369* LifeSavingEncouragement: A statement of hope/encouragement saves a person literally or spiritually.
370* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: These two people are very close and tend to bicker with each other.
371* LikeBrotherAndSister: These two see themselves like siblings rather than as lovers.
372* LikeGoesWithLike: Characters tend to fall in love with those of the same race as them.
373* LikeParentLikeSpouse: A character's LoveInterest is similar to one of their parents, be it in looks or personality.
374* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Falling in love with your neighbor.
375* LittleSisterHeroine: A character's little sister serves as a LoveInterest option.
376* LonelyTogether: Two lonely characters bond and fall in love.
377* LongDistanceRelationship: Characters who are far away from each other have a romance.
378* LongingLook: Glancing at your LoveInterest in a yearning way.
379* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: A character who is desperate for love has one failed relationship after another.
380* TheLostLenore: This person is dead and their lover mourns over them.
381* LostLoveMontage: A character sadly looks back on an ex-lover.
382* LoveAcrossBattlelines: Characters from enemy factions fall in love.
383* LoveAllegory: A story used to symbolize a love relationship.
384* LoveAtFirstNote: Falling in love with somebody when you hear them sing.
385* LoveAtFirstPunch: Falling in love with somebody who beat you up.
386* LoveAtFirstSight: Falling in love with somebody the moment you see them.
387* LoveBeALady: A girl, or girls as a whole, used as representatives for the concept of love.
388* LoveBeforeFirstSight: Falling in love with somebody before you even see them.
389* LoveBubbles: An anime/manga effect where the background fills with sparkly bubbles during a love scene.
390* LoveCanMakeYouGonk: Love causes a character to have cartoonishly exaggerated reactions.
391* LoveCannotOvercome: TheHero's LoveInterest breaks up with them because they can't handle their adventurous lifestyle.
392* LoveChart: A chart that details the characters' relationships with each other.
393* LoveConfession: Character confesses their love for another.
394* LoveConfessor: Character admits their feelings for their beloved to a third party.
395* LoveDodecahedron: Several characters are connected to each other romantically.
396* LoveDoodles: Drawing love symbols and writing initials and names, indicating someone has a secret crush.
397* LoveEpiphany: Realizing that you're in love with somebody.
398* LoveFatherLoveSon: Character falls in love with their unrequited crush's offspring.
399* LoveFloats: Feelings of love cause a character to levitate off the ground.
400* LoveFreak: Character who is obsessed with the concept of love.
401* LoveGoddess: A deity responsible for feelings of love.
402* LoveHotels: A hotel building where couples can be intimate with each other.
403* LoveHungry: A character desperate for love tries to force people to love them.
404* LoveHurts: Love causes deep emotional pain.
405* LoveImbuesLife: Feelings of love cause an inanimate object to come alive.
406* LoveInformant: A character lets another know that someone loves them.
407* LoveInterestTraitor: TheHero falls in love with someone who turns out to be in league with his enemy.
408* LoveInterestVsLustInterest: Two people like the same person, one out of love and the other out of superficial feelings.
409* LoveIsACrime: Romantic love is outlawed.
410* LoveIsADrug: Talking about love or a lover as though they were a drug.
411* LoveIsAWeakness: Love is regarded as a negative influence.
412* LoveIsInTheAir: A LovePotion affects a bunch of people.
413* LoveIsLikeReligion: Using religious imagery/terminology to talk about love.
414* LoveLetter: A LoveConfession in writing.
415* LoveLetterLunacy: A LoveLetter causes a ruckus.
416* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Falling in love makes you lose your mind.
417* LoveMakesYouDumb: Falling in love causes poor judgment.
418* LoveMakesYouEvil: Falling in love causes you to cross over to the dark side.
419* LoveMakesYouUncreative: An artist falling in love causes their work to decline in quality.
420* LoveMartyr: A person who willingly puts up with someone's abuse because they love them.
421* LoveNostalgiaSong: A song about looking back on a past love relationship.
422* LoveObstructingParents: Your LoveInterest's parents make your relationship difficult.
423* LoveOverridesTheLaw: When you're in love, even the law can't stand in your way.
424* LovePotion: A magic potion that makes a person fall in love.
425* LoveRedeems: Someone is made a better person through ThePowerOfLove.
426* LoveRevelationEpiphany: Developing feelings for somebody when you learn that they love you.
427* LoveRuinsTheRealm: A ruler's choices in lovers bring about disaster for their land.
428* LoveTheme: A song that encapsulates a couple's love.
429* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: When love is strong, the rules of the universe get bent.
430* LoveTriangle: A character is caught between two choices for a LoveInterest.
431* LoveWillLeadYouBack: Lovers leave each other, but one remains confident that their lover will come back to them.
432* LovedINotHonorMore: TheHero puts their duty before their love life.
433* LovedOnesMontage: A character has a vision of all the people he cares about in a dramatic montage-like sequence.
434* LoverTugOfWar: Two suitors fight over their LoveInterest tug of war style.
435* LovesMeNot: Picking apart an item (usually a flower) to determine if your crush loves you back.
436* LovesMyAlterEgo: Someone is in love with a character's alter ego, but not their secret identity.
437* LovingAShadow: Falling in love with the ideal of someone rather than the actual person.
438* LovingBully: They pick on you because they secretly love you.
439* LovingDetails: Being so in love lets you remember minor details about your LoveInterest.
440* LustObject: This person is the object of another character's sexual fantasy rather than their affections.
441* MadLove: Unrequited love where the pursuer is too nutty to take a hint that their crush doesn't return their feelings.
442* MagicContractRomance: Romance between a mage and the supernatural being they contracted with.
443* MagneticGirlfriend: This girl makes an unpopular guy a stud when she hooks up with him.
444* MakeOutKids: A couple who can't go one minute without PDA.
445* MakeOutPoint: An area for teenage couples to go kiss and possibly make love.
446* MakeUpOrBreakUp: A couple has to choose whether to stay together or break up.
447* MalingeringRomancePloy: Someone fakes sick because their Love Interest is doting on them
448* ManicPixieDreamGirl: A peppy, energetic girl who helps a cranky, uptight guy loosen up and they fall in love.
449* MarriedToTheJob: A character is too preoccupied with their career to pay attention to their spouse.
450* MarryForLove: Getting married because you love that person rather than for money, status, or security.
451* MarryThemAll: The lead decides to hook up with all of their prospective {{Love Interest}}s.
452* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Same-sex couple where one partner is more masculine/feminine than the other.
453* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A couple where the girl is a {{Tomboy}} and the guy is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide.
454* TheMasochismTango: Two people claim to be in love, but act like they hate each other.
455* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: When you're a part of a secret adventurous lifestyle, it cuts into your romantic relationships.
456* MassageOfLove: A loving couple giving each other an intimate, non-sexual massage.
457* AMatchMadeInStockholm: A character falls in love with their kidnapper.
458* TheMatchmaker: The person who tries to arrange a romance between people.
459** MatchmakerFailure: Person fails to get two people together.
460* MatchmakerCrush: TheMatchmaker falls for one of the people they're trying to hook up.
461* MayDecemberRomance: Romance between a young person and an elder.
462* MaybeEverAfter: Did TheHero and their LoveInterest end up together in the end? Who knows.
463* MayflyDecemberRomance: Romance between people of different lifespans, for example an immortal and a mortal.
464* MeadowRun: Lovers run towards each other in a beautiful meadow full of flowers.
465* MeetTheInLaws: Meeting your LoveInterest's parents.
466* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: White men tend to fall in love with Asian women.
467* MindlinkMates: Lovers are so close they can literally read each other's thoughts.
468* TheMissusAndTheEx: Your current lover and ex-lover meet each other. Awkwardness may or may not ensue.
469* MistakenDeclarationOfLove: Accidentally confessing your love to the wrong person.
470* MistakenForCheating: Someone is falsely accused of being unfaithful to their lover.
471* MistakenForFlirting: One person believes, in error, that another is flirting.
472* MixtapeOfLove: Mixtapes are a way to show your affection for someone.
473* MoeCouplet: Two people who bring out each other's cute qualities the same way that romantic couples do.
474* MomentKiller: A couple tries to have a romantic moment with each other, but gets interrupted.
475* MonsterSlayerRomance: A romance between a HunterOfMonsters and the monster they're supposed to hunt.
476* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: A more sexually and/or romantically experienced person pursues someone who has very little to no romantic or sexual experience.
477* MotivationalKiss: TheHero's LoveInterest kisses them in order to give them the courage they need to get through the danger ahead of them.
478* TheMourningAfter: Being too grief-stricken to love again after the death of your lover.
479* MrsHypothetical: A girl thinks about having her crush's last name.
480* MuggleMageRomance: Romance between a magic user and a regular person.
481* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: The lead's two choices for a LoveInterest are a normal person and someone of supernatural origin.
482* MurderTheHypotenuse: Killing off your love rival.
483* MutualPining: Two characters are madly in love with each other but are so convinced the other can't return their feelings to the point they both suffer quietly over it instead.
484* MyGirlBackHome: TheHero's lover is waiting for him back home.
485* MyOwnPrivateIDo: A couple gets married before having a big fancy wedding.
486* MySisterIsOffLimits: This girl is unable to go out on dates because her brother is very protective of her.
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489[[folder:Tropes (N-R)]]
490* NecktieLeash: A guy has his necktie yanked by his LoveInterest, showing she is who wears the pants in the relationship.
491* NewOldFlame: Characters who have a romantic history with each other.
492* NiceGuysFinishLast: Women never fall for sweet, kind men.
493* NoAccountingForTaste: There is absolutely no reason for these two to be lovers.
494* NoGoingSteady: Characters date each other without becoming an OfficialCouple.
495* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Men don't want to be with women who can beat them up.
496* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Men find it creepy when the woman pursues them instead of the other way around.
497* NoHuggingNoKissing: Romance is absent from this story.
498* NoLovesIntersect: Characters get with their LoveInterest without any messy [[LoveTriangle Love Triangles]] or other kinds of romantic drama.
499* NoRomanticResolution: A romance arc ends without anyone getting together.
500* NoSparks: A couple is shown to have no romantic compatibility.
501* NoYouHangUpFirst: An overly lovey-dovey couple argue over who should hang up their phone conversation first.
502* NobodyThinksItWillWork: Two people are in love despite everyone thinking their relationship could never work.
503* NonhumanLoverReveal: A character's LoveInterest is revealed to be a non-human.
504* NotBloodSiblings: An incestuous relationship is justified by the couple not being related by blood (e.g. being stepsiblings or adopted siblings).
505* NowOrNeverKiss: Characters kiss and confess their love for each other in a moment where they think they're about to die.
506* ObliviousToLove: They don't notice that someone is in love with them.
507* ObsessiveLoveLetter: A LoveLetter that is more creepy than romantic.
508* OfficeRomance: Romance between co-workers.
509* OfficialCouple: Characters who are canonically in a relationship.
510* OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: The story's OfficialCouple go through absolute hell throughout the story.
511* OfficialKiss: Two characters kiss to signal their RelationshipUpgrade.
512* OffScreenBreakup: Two characters who were previously established to be a couple are later found to have broken up.
513* OffScreenRomance: Two characters are found to have hooked up sometime offscreen.
514* OldFashionedRowboatDate: A classic romantic date where the couple rides in a row boat.
515* OldFlameFizzle: A character reunites with a previous lover, only to find that that person is no longer the person they remembered so fondly.
516* OneHeadTaller: A couple where one partner (often the man) towers over the other partner.
517* OneNormalNight: A character bringing home a date asks their embarrassing family to act normal for their sake.
518* TheOneThatGotAway: A character wishes they had gotten together with their LoveInterest.
519* OneTrueLove: The one person you're meant to be with.
520* OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers: A character is only loved by people of the same gender.
521* OpenRelationshipFailure: A non-monogamous relationship runs into problems directly related to it being non-monogamous.
522* OperationJealousy: A character tries to get their LoveInterest's attention by pretending to date someone else as a way of inducing jealousy.
523* OppositesAttract: They're complete opposites but they love each other.
524* OrbitalKiss: A couple kisses as the camera rotates around them.
525* OurLoveIsDifferent: A character insists that their relationship with TheCasanova is true love.
526* OutlawCouple: Lovers who commit crimes together.
527* PairTheDumbOnes: Dumb characters get together because they are dumb.
528* PairTheSmartOnes: Intelligent characters hook up with each other.
529* PairTheSpares: The characters who don't have {{Love Interest}}s end up together.
530* PairTheSuitors: Two people vying for someone's attention end up falling in love with each other.
531* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: A character desires a romantic relationship, but fears succumbing to their base desires.
532* ParentalIncest: Romance between a parent and their child.
533* ParentPreferredSuitor: When a parent prefers one LoveInterest of their offspring over another.
534* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: A character's parents awkwardly walk in on them hanging out with/having sex with their LoveInterest.
535* PerverseSexualLust: Attraction to and/or falling in love with a fictional character.
536* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent: A character has unrequited feelings for TheHero's parent.
537* PinkIsErotic: The color pink is used to indicate arousal, attraction, eroticism, and scenes of a sexual nature.
538* PitbullDatesPuppy: A rough and tough character falls in love with someone of a softer, gentler nature.
539* PlatonicWritingRomanticReading: The audience picks up romantic subtext between characters that are not meant to be in love.
540* PlayingCyrano: A character helps their friend impress their LoveInterest by feeding them words to say through an ear microphone.
541* PlayingHardToGet: A character tries to attract their LoveInterest by pretending to be not interested in them.
542* PleaseDontLeaveMe: A character desperately pleads the love of their life not to leave them.
543* PleaseDumpMe: A character acts disgusting in order to get their lover to break up with them.
544* {{Polyamory}}: Romance between more than two people.
545* PostKissCatatonia: A character is in shock after being kissed by their love.
546* PowerDynamicsKink: A character falling in love with someone whom they can control and punish (or who can control and punish ''them'').
547* ThePowerOfLove: Characters are empowered by their feelings of love and affection for each other, especially the romantic bonds with their significant others.
548** ThePowerOfFamily: Characters are empowered by the love they feel for their family members (related by [[ThickerThanWater blood]] or [[FamilyOfChoice choice]]).
549** ThePowerOfFriendship: Characters are empowered by the platonic love they have for their TrueCompanions.
550* PrankDate: A character is tricked into believing they have a date with their crush.
551* PrecociousCrush: A child has a crush on someone much older than them.
552* PrinceCharmingWannabe: A man who deludes himself into believing he's a woman's PrinceCharming who will sweep her off her feet.
553* ProjectileKiss: A character blows a kiss towards their crush.
554* PromotedToLoveInterest: An adaptation of a story turns a character's platonic relationship into a romantic one.
555* ThePromposal: Asking someone to prom in the style of a marriage proposal.
556* PropertyOfLove: When being in love makes you essentially your lover's property.
557* ProxyBreakup: Alice wants to break-up with Bob, so she has Cindy do it for her. Hijinks Ensue.
558* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Two friends have a close friendship with each other that they could easily be seen as lovers.
559* PsychoExGirlfriend: The ex-significant other of TheHero who didn't take being dumped very well.
560* PsychoticLoveTriangle: A LoveTriangle where both suitors are AxCrazy.
561* PuppyLove: Romance between pre-pubescent children.
562* PygmalionPlot: Falling in love with one's own creation.
563* RaceForYourLove: A character races to catch up with their LoveInterest before they leave them.
564* RedStringOfFate: Two characters are bound by fate to be together.
565* RedundantRomanceAttempt: Acting out of character to impress a love interest who likes your true personality.
566* ReincarnationRomance: StarCrossedLovers die and are reincarnated so they may meet each other again.
567* RejectionAffection: A character is repeatedly rejected by their LoveInterest, but never takes the hint.
568* RelationshipCompression: The amount of time it takes for characters to hook up is reduced in an adaptation.
569* RelationshipLabelingProblems: Characters can't describe exactly what their relationship situation is.
570* RelationshipReveal: Implied lovers are revealed to officially be in a relationship.
571* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Characters date, break up, get back together, break up, and so on.
572* RelationshipSabotage: A character tries to ruin someone's romance, usually out of jealousy or protectiveness.
573* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Bickering lovers make up with each other in the midst of a time of crisis.
574* RelationshipUpgrade: Two characters are made an OfficialCouple.
575* RelationshipValues: Stats that show how much video game characters like the player character.
576* RelationshipWritingFumble: A relationship intended to be written one way unintentionally comes across as the wrong kind of relationship to audiences.
577* ReleasingFromThePromise: Character is released from a promise they made to their LoveInterest.
578* RemovedFromThePicture: After a nasty break up, a character cuts their former lover's image out of pictures of them together.
579* RemovingTheRival: A character ties up or locks their love rival in a room in order to keep him/her away from their LoveInterest.
580* ReplacementGoldfish: A character is replaced with another. In romantic instances, after breaking up, a character starts dating someone who looks very similar to their ex.
581* RescueRomance: Falling in love with someone who saves your life.
582* ResurrectedRomance: A character's dead LoveInterest comes back to life to rekindle their romance.
583* ReturningTheHandkerchief: A classic romantic que where a character drops an item of theirs, and their LoveInterest finds it and returns it to them.
584* TheRevealPromptsRomance: A character reveals a big secret to their LoveInterest, which causes them to commence a relationship.
585* RevengeRomance: After a nasty breakup, a character dates someone their ex knows in order to spite them.
586* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: A character's two LoveInterest choices are a rich person and a poor begger.
587* RivalryAsCourtship: A romance that stems from two characters' rivalry.
588* RoadTripRomance: Two characters traveling together eventually fall in love.
589* RoaringRampageOfRomance: A romance that causes the deaths of many people.
590* RoboRomance: Romance between robotic beings.
591* RollInTheHay: Lovers make love while rolling around in a pile of hay.
592* RomanceAndSexualitySeparation: A character feels unable to love, and have sex with, another character.
593* RomanceInducingSmudge: A character has a smudge on their face, which their LoveInterest sweetly rubs off.
594* RomanceOnTheSet: Creators behind a show fall in love.
595* RomancingTheWidow: Getting into a relationship with someone whose spouse has died.
596* RomanticCandlelitDinner: Dinners by candlelight are the definition of romance.
597* RomanticFakeRealTurn: A fake romance becomes real.
598* RomanticFalseLead: The character who initially gets with the lead, but is later dumped in favor of the official LoveInterest.
599* RomanticFusion: Lovers perform a FusionDance.
600* RomanticHyperbole: Describing one's love through implausible situations, e.g. saying you'll grab the moon for your lover.
601* RomanticPlotTumor: A romantic subplot that gets in the way of the main conflict.
602* RomanticRain: Rain makes a good backdrop for a love scene.
603* RomanticRibbing: Love interests tease their partners.
604* RomanticRideSharing: A couple shares a ride on the same vehicle where one drives it and the other hugs them from behind.
605* RomanticRunnerUp: The character set up as a potential LoveInterest for TheHero, but ultimately doesn't end up with them.
606* RomanticSpoonfeeding: A character manually feeds their LoveInterest.
607* RomanticWingman: A person who helps their friends out with their love lives.
608* RomComJob: A line of work that acts as a typical romantic comedy setting.
609* RunawayBride: The bride skips out on her wedding, often because she doesn't really love her groom.
610* RunawayFiance: A person who runs away from an ArrangedMarriage, often to go be with the one they really love.
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613[[folder:Tropes (S-Z)]]
614* SatelliteLoveInterest: This character is made only to be the love interest of the lead protagonist.
615* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: A character falls in love with somebody upon witnessing them perform an act of kindness.
616* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: A cool-headed often unathletic guy and a bubbly bouncy girl fall in love.
617* SecondActBreakup: The OfficialCouple breaks up in the middle of the story after a misunderstanding or some other kind of conflict.
618* SecondLove: The next person you fell in love with after your FirstLove didn't work out.
619* SecretRelationship: Characters are in a relationship that they don't want their friends and family to know about.
620* SeductionProofMarriage: When two people are so in love and committed to each other, no seducers can steal them away from each other.
621* SeductiveMummy: A mummy is a beautiful LoveInterest instead of a frightening monster.
622* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest: A character who claims to be/thinks they're someone's LoveInterest.
623* SeparatedByTheWall: Lovers meet up at a barricade that is separating them from each other.
624* SerenadeYourLover: Singing a love song for your beloved.
625* SerialRomeo: He repeatedly falls for every girl he meets, insisting that she's the one for him.
626* SettleForSibling: When you can't win someone's love, hook up with their sibling instead.
627* SettledForGay: Hooking up with a gay man due to him being the only one available to you.
628* SexEqualsLove: When two people have sex, they'll fall in love.
629* SexWithTheEx: A character has sex with their ex-significant other.
630* SexualKarma: A character's morality or lack of it earns them love/sex, e.g. TheHero gets the girl he loves while the villain gets an AbhorrentAdmirer.
631* SexuallyTransmittedSuperpowers: Intimate contact with another superpowered being causes a {{Muggle}} to develop superpowers.
632* SexyFlaw: Imperfections and deformities serving as a romantic "turn-on".
633* ShallowCannotComprehendTrueLove: Superficial people don't understand that not everyone is shallow when it comes to their choice in romantic partners.
634* SheCleansUpNicely: The frumpy LoveInterest looks beautiful when they get dressed up.
635* SheIsAllGrownUp: The old childhood friend who grows into a real beauty, thus a ChildhoodFriendRomance ensues.
636* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Two people deny being in a relationship, to the scepticism of everyone around them.
637* ShiksaGoddess: A Jewish character's Gentile LoveInterest.
638* ShipperOnDeck: A character who supports a couple being together.
639* ShipperWithAnAgenda: A character tries to hook two people up for reasons other than them looking cute together.
640* ShippingBedDeath: Characters getting a RelationshipUpgrade ruins the audience's enthusiasm for the pairing.
641* ShippingTorpedo: This character is strongly opposed to a couple being together.
642* ShockValueRelationship: A character gets into a head-turning relationship purely to surprise people.
643* ShotgunWedding: A couple gets married due to circumstances, e.g. the bride is pregnant with the groom's child.
644* ShowerOfLove: A couple takes a shower together.
645* SiblingTriangle: Two siblings fall in love with the same person.
646* SickbedSmuggling: Giving a hospitalized loved one an (often) banned object (snack, meal, pet, etc.)
647* SickeninglySweethearts: Two people love each other to a SickeninglySweet level.
648* ASideOrderOfRomance: A character visits a restaurant, and falls in love with the waitress.
649* SighOfLove: Sighing dreamily when in the presence of or thinking about your LoveInterest.
650* SignedWithAKiss: A character sends a letter or gift to their LoveInterest with a kiss mark attached.
651* SillyLoveSongs: Peppy songs about one's love.
652* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: A character believes that love and romance are nothing but idealized nonsense.
653* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: An unpopular girl crushes on the most handsome and most popular guy in school.
654* SingleTargetSexuality: Being in love with only one person.
655* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Girls fall for sweet, kind guys.
656* SituationalSexuality: Characters fall in love with someone of the same sex if there is no one of the opposite sex around.
657* SlapSlapKiss: Characters in love argue with each other then begin to kiss.
658* SleepCute: Lovers or characters with ShipTease fall asleep next to each other.
659* SleepingWithTheBoss: A character is in a romantic relationship with their employer.
660* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: A character will date anyone except this one person.
661* SmithicalMarriage: A couple checks into a hotel, signing in as a married couple.
662* SmittenTeenageGirl: A teenage girl who crushes hard on a guy.
663* SnowMeansLove: Snow makes a good backdrop for a love scene.
664* SoHappyTogether: A tragedy strikes right as a pair of lovers have a happy moment with each other.
665* SorkinRelationshipMoment: A character acts incredibly awkward when around their ex.
666* SpeechImpededLoveInterest: A LoveInterest character with a speech disability.
667* SpurnedIntoSuicide: Unrequited love results in a person taking their own life.
668* SquaringTheLoveTriangle: When the OfficialCouple hooks up, the unrequited suitor is then paired with the couple's child.
669* StalkerWithACrush: A character who follows the person they're in love with everywhere.
670* StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: A girl stalking the guy she loves is considered to be cute and amusing.
671* StalkingIsLove: Stalking your LoveInterest is considered romantic rather than creepy.
672* StarCrossedLovers: Lovers who can't be together due to circumstances.
673* StoodUp: A character fails to show up for a date.
674* StrangledByTheRedString: Characters fall in love out of nowhere.
675* StudentTeacherRomance: Students fall in love with their teachers or vice versa.
676* StudentsPlayingMatchmaker: Students try to find a match for their teachers.
677* StupidSexyFriend: Somebody you're good friends with that you can't help but feel romantic attraction to.
678* SuccubusInLove: A [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]] falls in love.
679* SugarAndIcePersonality: A character who is cold most of the time, but super sweet when with the one they love.
680* SuperpoweredDate: Superpowers allow a character to take their LoveInterest on a grandiose date.
681* SupportingHarem: A HaremGenre story where there's a male lead and female lead alongside a supporting cast who are also in love with one of the leads.
682* SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne: Love making someone care for a loved-one, despite said loved-one being a monster.
683* SurpriseIncest: Lovers are revealed to be blood-related after they hook up.
684* SweetheartSipping: A classic romantic date where the couple share a milkshake with two straws.
685* SweetieGraffiti: Lovers carve their initials on a tree or a wall.
686* SweetOnPollyOliver: A guy starts to fall in love with a guy who is really a girl in disguise.
687* TalentedPrincessRegularGuy: A romantic pairing consisting of a princess who is skilled and a guy who is pretty ordinary.
688* TeacherParentRomance: A teacher falls in love with and dates the parent of one of their students.
689* TelephoneSong: A song about calling somebody on the telephone, often a love interest or ex-partner.
690* TenMinutesInTheCloset: Characters get locked in a closet together, romance and make out sessions ensue.
691* TerriblePickUpLines: Character attempts to use smooth one-liners to attract their preferred mate. It doesn't go well.
692* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: ShipTease moment where characters end up having to share a bed.
693* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Having an idealized outlook on love and romance.
694* ThroughHisStomach: Winning someone's affections by cooking them a delicious meal.
695* TimeTravelRomance: Romance between people from different time periods.
696* TinyGuyHugeGirl: A couple where the woman towers over the man.
697* TokenMinorityCouple: Racial minorities in love.
698* TokenRomance: A romantic subplot that's put in a story for superficial reasons.
699* TopWife: A man has many wives, but has one that he loves the most.
700* TotallyTrustingLoveInterest: The LoveInterest who believes in their partner’s fidelity no matter what, and is justified in believing so.
701* TragicallyDisabledLoveInterest: A LoveInterest has a disability and/or is made neurodivergent, and the disability is played for tragedy or drama.
702* TrainStationGoodbye: Lovers going their separate ways say their goodbyes at the train station.
703* TransRelationshipTroubles: Being trans causes drama when it comes to romantic relationships.
704* TrueLoveIsAKink: When love is foreplay.
705* TrueLoveIsBoring: Conflict among lovers is considered more exciting than them being happy together.
706* TrueLoveIsExceptional: A character falls in love with someone who is usually not their type.
707* TrueLovesKiss: Lovers share a kiss that cures a problem/causes a miracle to happen.
708* {{Tsundere}}: They're secretly in love with you, but they have trouble admitting it and mask their feelings with a hostile attitude.
709* TunnelOfLove: An amusement park ride for couples to go on.
710* TurnedOffByTheJerkass: A character is rejected as a romantic option because of how much of a jerk they are.
711* TwiceShy: Characters who are each other's {{Love Interest}}s are both too shy to admit their feelings.
712* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: A LoveTriangle where the two choices are actually the same person.
713* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: ShipTease moment where two characters share an umbrella with each other.
714* UnbalancedByRivalsKid: Upon meeting the child of an unrequited crush and love rival, a character becomes angry.
715* UnbrokenVigil: A character keeps watch over their unconscious LoveInterest.
716* UncoveringRelationshipStatus: A character tries to find out if their crush is already in a relationship.
717* UndercoverAsLovers: Two spies pose as lovers as they go undercover.
718* UnderstandingBoyfriend: The heroine's boyfriend who knows that she's a fantasy heroine and sympathizes with the wacky antics she goes through.
719* UnfocusedDuringIntimacy: Two characters are in a romantic or sexual moment, and at least one isn't entirely into it.
720* UnholyMatrimony: Villains in love.
721* UnknowinglyInLove: A character doesn't realize they're in love.
722* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: A character never stops loving their unrequited crush.
723* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: A character has an unrequited crush on another then later gets over it, only for their former crush to develop feelings for them.
724* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: The romantic female lead who is hopelessly in love with a guy she can never have.
725* UnresolvedSexualTension: Two characters are obviously attracted to each other, but they never act on their feelings.
726* UnwantedHarem: Many people are vying for TheHero's attention, much to their dismay.
727* UptightLovesWild: An uptight, cool-headed character loves someone who is more crazy and spontaneous.
728* UptownGirl: The rich girl who falls for a poor boy.
729* VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle: A LoveTriangle where the two LoveInterest choices are a vampire and a werewolf.
730* VillainessesWantHeroes: A villainous female is in love with TheHero.
731* VillainousCrush: An evil character is in love with a heroic character.
732* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: This girl will not let anyone harm her significant other.
733* WackyMarriageProposal: An unconventional marriage proposal.
734* WallPinOfLove: A character halts their LoveInterest from leaving by pinning their hand against the wall and effectively blocking their path.
735* WartimeWedding: A couple gets married during a time of great war and strife.
736* WasItAllALie: Upon finding out that their LoveInterest was TheMole, a character asks them if all of their good times together were a ruse.
737* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: A girl is attracted to guys who are more vulnerable than males are expected to be.
738* WeddingDeadline: TheHero must get to their true love before they say "I do" at their wedding.
739* WentCrazyWhenTheyLeft: A character goes crazy when someone they care strongly for leaves in any fashion.
740* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: People wonder why a character is in love with someone who seems so undesirable.
741* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: A character is unable to understand romantic love.
742* WhatMeasureIsAHumanoid: InterspeciesRomance, except one half of the pairing has a human form.
743* WhenHarryMetSvetlana: Romance between an American man and a Russian woman.
744* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Black men tend to fall in love with white women.
745* WhyCantIHateYou: A character can't bring themselves to truly hate their love rival.
746* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: Giving a former lover another chance when they don't deserve it.
747* WindowLove: Lovers meet at a window and kiss or touch hands through it.
748* WifeHusbandry: A man falls in love with a woman he's raised since she was a little girl.
749* WithThisRing: When a man proposes to his lady love, anything can go wrong with securing the ring.
750* WomanScorned: She was spurned/dumped by her LoveInterest and she doesn't take well to it.
751* WomenPreferStrongMen: Women fall for men who are strong and muscular.
752* WorkingWithTheEx: A character has to work with their ex-significant other.
753* {{Yandere}}: They're so in love with somebody that they'll murder anybody who stands in their way.
754* YandereCouple: Two people driven murderous with love end up together.
755* YawnAndReach: A guy pretends to yawn so he can wrap his arm around his girlfriend.
756* YouAreWorthHell: True love is worth suffering a terrible fate for.
757* YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: When a character's true love doesn't return, they're forced to move on.
758* YouMustBeCold: ShipTease moment where a man offers his jacket to a woman.
759* YoungLoveVersusOldHate: Young people fall in love while their older relatives still cling to hatred.
760* YourFavorite: A sign that you really love someone is that you know what their favorite food is.
761* YourUniverseOrMine: Lovers from different worlds or countries must decide where they will go.
762* ZipMeUp: ShipTease moment where a man helps a woman zip up her clothes.
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